diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 546c885..6962d90 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.target>9</maven.compiler.target>
         <scm.url>scm:git:https://github.com/davidmoten/aws-lightweight-client-java.git</scm.url>
 
         <checkstyle.version>3.5.0</checkstyle.version>
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.13.0</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>${maven.compiler.target}</source>
-                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
+                    <release>${maven.compiler.target}</release>
                     <!-- required for inferring field names from java parameters -->
                     <compilerArgument>-parameters</compilerArgument>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/src/main/java/module-info.java b/src/main/java/module-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2845685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module com.github.davidmoten.aws_lightweight_client_java {
+	exports com.github.davidmoten.aws.lw.client;
+}